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The pressing need for the improvement of stent materials to reduce the infective complications, as well as, the causal relationship between stone removal and prevention of recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTIs) are some of the topics examined and deliberated during...

Does warmer climate have influence on renal colic incidence? Why is understanding the patient experience particularly relevant to urolithiasis? Answers to these questions and other varied related topics were discussed in Plenary Session 02: Updates on Stone Disease on...

One of the esteemed, international experts who will conduct live surgeries during the upcoming EULIS17 meeting is Prof. Guohua Zeng, a professor and Consultant Urologist at The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University. During EULIS17, live surgeries will...

One of the main highlights that make the 4th bi-annual meeting of the EAU Section of Urolithiasis (EULIS17) a must-attend event is its live surgeries. “The use of modern instruments and disposables will be illustrated, in combination with new...

The decision to accept potential kidney donors with stone disease or a history of stone problems remains a difficult issue for urologists and the challenge involves not only a comprehensive check on both the donor and kidney recipient’s health...

The EAU Section of Urolithiasis (EULIS) awarded three prizes for clinical and research work and the best paper in literature during the concluding session of the 3rd EULIS Meeting which ended today in Alicante, Spain. A. Rodriguez, et al...

Overweight, obesity, poor diet and the lack of physical exercise may play a role in increasing the risks for stone formation and experts say that there are links between good lifestyle habits and kidney stone disease. “Balanced diet, appropriate...

There are distinct benefits for the surgeon using robot-assisted surgical procedures in kidney stone diagnosis and removal but the gains for patients have to be proven and closely examined as shown during a plenary discussion at the 3rd Meeting...